Napoleonic Lessons for Google & Microsoft

Napoleonic Lessons for Google & Microsoft [http://shuzak.com/Personal/Napoleonic-Lessons-for-Google-and-Microsoft.php?1=1] : Napoleon Bonaparte was arguably the most strategic mind set to war. As we shall see later, his strategic brilliance, however, is equally applicable to the competitive world of Business; and in this case, Microsoft’s rivalry…

Plasma TV or a Diamond

3 out of 4 women now prefer a plasma TV to a diamond [http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191601137&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All]…

Have you crashed?

> She had these little stubby wings, like she could’ve glued them on, you know, like I’m gonna believe she’s a fairy. So she said, “I’ll prove it.” So she reaches into her backpack and pulls out this invisible cloak and she ties it around my…

The Journey is the Destination

I’m a vagabond. I’m a wanderer. Whenever I have set out on a journey, a journey of life or state, its been a crucial one, one that involved travel across geography as well as transcending from one phase of life to the other. Always had a surge to…

The fear outside Kabbalah

> There is a concept in the Kabbalah [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah], described in the Zohar [http://www.zohar.com/], that “that which is below is above, and that which is above is below.” That is to say: in order to influence something on the worldly,…

The eye of the beholder

> It takes courage to know and accept that our sense of individuality is a false manifestation of our ego. We are merely conduits of creativity that originate somewhere in the universe. Whenever I fell deeply in love (with myself, or a relationship), I lived the moment completely. That’s…

Neon God we pray

[http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_life_of_jesus/the_last_supper/mt26_20.html] > “When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve” ~Matthew 26:20 How much of a difference can art make to history? Whether its the canvas or LEGO bricks, the…

Turtles can fly, in the mirror

> Throw it [glass of water] on the mirror. (Splash on the mirror, and rain pouring out the window) This is what she sees now. – A distorted image of herself. Who are you in all this? – I’m the mirror. – If I’m the mirror and she’s the image…